11978455

Information Handling Systems And Methods For Accurately Identifying An Active Speaker In A Communication Session

PublishedMay 7, 2024
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11 claims

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2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one associated alphanumeric identifier is selected from a group consisting of a user name, a phone number, an employee number, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a teleconferencing application identifier, a device ID, and a user account/profile.

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4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising performing the initiating voice identification for each given user in the list that does not have a matching entry in the main VID and/or for any new given users that join the communication session but are not in the list.

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6. The method as recited in claim 1, where the given user is not in the list.

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7. The method as recited in claim 1, where the given user is in the list but does not have a matching entry in the main VID.

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8. The method as recited in claim 1, where the accessing, comparing, and storing are performed before the communication session begins.

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9. The method as recited in claim 1, where the list of users is a predetermined list of users that are allowed to participate in the communication session.

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10. The method as recited in claim 1, where the list of users is a list of user profiles or accounts that are associated with the IHS.

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11. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising recording the pre-recorded voice identifier for each of the plurality of users of the main VID before the communication session begins.

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12. The method as recited in claim 11, where the recording the pre-recorded voice identifier for each of the plurality of users of the main VID comprises recording a voice of each of the plurality of users of the main VID before the communication session begins.

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13. The method as recited in claim 1, where the generated active VID contains voice identifiers that correspond to only a subset of the user entries stored within the main VID.

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15. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising conducting the communication session using a Voice over IP (VOIP) teleconferencing application.

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Publication Date

May 7, 2024

Inventors

Douglas J. Peeler
Srinivas Kamepalli

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